Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Nouméa / Numean(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Port-Vila, Wallis et Futuna
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (1981.06.19 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nouméa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
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Archbishop Eugène Klein, M.S.C.
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Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Edoardo Bresson, S.M.
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Bishop Claude-Marie Chanrion, S.M.
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Bishop Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S.M.
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Bishop Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S.M.
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Fr. Pierre Rougeyron, S.M.
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Bishop Guillaume Maria Douarre, S.M.
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Area: 18,575 km²
Population: 143,000 Catholics (50.7% of 282,000 total) (2020)
Statistics: 32 parishes, 25 priests (16 diocesan, 9 religious), 23 deacons, 74 lay religious (17 brothers, 57 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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